As promised, I’m giving away 15 advance review copies of my new frontier fiction. In Defense of Delia is set in 1838, four years after the events of Wishing Caswell Dead. Technically, it’s not a western because the setting (central Illinois) is east of the Mississippi, but this historical novel feels like a western to me.

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In Defense of Delia

by Patricia Stoltey

Giveaway ends August 29, 2022.

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This giveaway will run through Monday, August 29th.

I’m so pleased to show off this excellent cover for In Defense of Delia which will be released by Five Star/Cengage on November 23, 2022. Cover design credit: Kathy Heming Synopsis: 1838: Delia Pritchard gets a chilly reception when she returns to Sangamon, Illinois, after a thirteen-year absence. She’s riding a Palouse …Read More

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